Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

Originally an account about my blog; now increasingly just waffle. understandingultimate.wordpress.com St Andrews, Scotland Joined April 2013

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

4 years ago

@nsampson26 @AnotherRound_DG @PDGA @kastaplast @MVPDiscSports @InnovaDiscs The correct answer for 2) is actually 'don't be silly, I've already got a berg in the bag.'

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St Leonard's Postgraduate College @StLeonards_PGs

6 years ago

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

6 years ago

@cjtweetsalot Or you could buy a driver that will just stall off horribly left if you let the front edge be up, and learn to throw it /without/ that nose-up thing happening. Don't compensate for ultimate throws, learn to throw a golf disc. 🙂

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

6 years ago

@cjtweetsalot You'll have a big enough arm to throw a real driver, IF you can keep the front edge down and not balloon it into the air like a pull in ultimate. Ultrastars fly straight with angle of attack 9 degrees - you could buy a beginner disc that might do the same... Or...

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

6 years ago

@UStAUltimate Love that it's all three teams. Good work.

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

6 years ago

@JoeMama_3 But I reckon fairly often the offence in this situation would be waiting to beat their mark properly, and would keep dancing, rather than assuming that their first fake had worked.

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

6 years ago

@JoeMama_3 I dunno - I've seen an awful lot of ineffectual dancing against a face mark. I reckon you'd need to sell it better to beat a good facemark. This same play might have worked here though, a thrower-led pass to that spot would be hard to stop for a facing defender.

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

6 years ago

@JoeMama_3 This is how I coach people to fake against someone who is triangulating such that they almost can't see you. The edge of their vision will only see your (larger) upper body move and they are forced to react. Almost infallible fake if the defender gets in this position.

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

6 years ago

@JoeMama_3 What's interesting to me is WHY it works. It's not a particularly convincing fake on film, and wouldn't work against a face-guard d. The foot leads way ahead of the centre of mass, which isn't how we accelerate. But it's perfect when D is trying to see out the corner of the eye.

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

6 years ago

@Dry5 Fairly sure I first saw it in @jimparinella 's book, if we're being honest...

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

6 years ago

@Ultiworld @FrictionGloves @SyzygyUltimate Don't focus on keeping the back foot still - the best way to keep it down is to put it near the line and then just focus all your energies on throwing the other leg & the arms out & up. Throwing momentum into these things will remove it from your back foot.

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

6 years ago

@Ultiworld @FrictionGloves @SyzygyUltimate I'd go further. Deliberately throwing the front leg up & out acts to keep the back leg back & down. Newton knew his stuff. It's not crucial in these examples, but if running to the line when disc is beyond the line, it allows your centre of mass to continue while your foot stops.

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Saints Water Polo @UStAWaterpolo

6 years ago

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

6 years ago

@cjtweetsalot @Alejandro_Friz @_michaellee24 @Smelliott_Moore That's fine, I only saw the notifications on my comment. Hadn't seen the apology.

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

6 years ago

@cjtweetsalot @Alejandro_Friz @_michaellee24 @Smelliott_Moore But honestly, what is the difference between cheating constantly, or cheating once at a critical, game-defining moment? Both times, you've changed the result of the game unfairly. I think you're insane if you see one differently to the other.

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Benji Heywood @UnderUlti

6 years ago

@cjtweetsalot @Alejandro_Friz @_michaellee24 @Smelliott_Moore I also can't understand the rationale for cheating on a huck on universe point but not at 3-all. If you really want to win, and don't mind cheating, you'd cheat early and often. Clearly you don't think cheating 1000 times a game is justified, it wouldn't be fun to win that way.